Syrian rebels seized most of a military airport in regime-controlled Sweida province on Thursday, their first such advance in the Druze-majority region, a spokesman told AFP. "The Southern Front has liberated Al-Thaala military airport and is carrying out mopping-up operations against remaining forces," the alliance's spokesman Major Essam al-Rayes told AFP. The Syrian
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday called for the swift formation of a new coalition government, ending almost four days of unusual silence after legislative polls seen as a blow to his authority. Erdogan's comments added weight to expectations of a coalition government in Turkey after the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)
During the Vietnam War, Jane Fonda was in Hanoi wearing an helmet and standing up for the Vietcong. But "Hanoi Jane" could not shoot at American B-52's, while young Frenchmen know how to go about the cutting off of heads. The French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has revealed that seven French citizens blew themselves up
An official in the Palestinian Authority (PA) on Wednesday threatened Israel with violence if it continues its “settlement building”. Walid Assaf, who heads the PA’s “Commission Against the Wall and Settlements”, warned against what he described as “settlement plans more serious than can be described in words." "We are witnessing today the beginning
As the June 30 deadline for a final agreement between Iran and western powers looms - pushed by the Obama Administration - much concern has been raised as to how it could further destabilize the Middle East by emboldening Tehran to continue its increasingly aggressive foreign policy. In particular, since the agreement will not
The ancient iconic Egyptian temple of Karnak in Luxor, a southern city and key tourist destination, was struck by a suicide bomber on Wednesday according to security officials. A senior interior ministry source told the state-run MENA that no one was wounded in the attack, but revealed two other suicide attacks at the same
The interior ministry of the Hamas terrorist organization government in Gaza has accused sources in the Palestinian Authority (PA) of being behind a string of bombings that have plagued the coastal enclave in recent weeks. The Hamas ministry claimed political and security sources in the PA were behind the explosions, and that they had
Members of the Yazidi community, one of the Iraqi minorities hardest hit by jihadist atrocities including mass rapes and executions conducted by Islamic State (ISIS), killed 21 Sunni Arab villagers in a January revenge attack, Amnesty International said Wednesday. The London-based watchdog investigated attacks carried out on January 25 by a Yazidi militia in
Egypt on Tuesday lashed out at a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report condemning "flagrant human rights abuses" during the first year of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi's rule, AFP reports. The watchdog released its report on the first anniversary of the inauguration of Sisi, who was sworn in on June 8, 2014, after having ousted
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu resigned on Tuesday, in a procedural move after his AK Party lost its majority in parliamentary elections earlier this week. According to the BBC, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accepted Davutoglu's gesture but asked him to stay in the post until a new government was formed. Erdogan is expected
